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'Little bit of peace': Family members of victims in Pike County massacre speak after guilty verdict

'Little bit of peace': Family members of victims in Pike County massacre speak after guilty verdict
PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING TONIGHT. JATARA: FAMILY MEMBERS, PROSECUTORS AND INVESTIGATORS, ALL REACTING TO THAT GUILTY VERDICT ON ALL 22 CHARGES. THERE WERE MANY HUGS, MANY TEARS AND A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF THAT NOW 3 OF THE FOUR WAGNERS CHARGED IN THE PIKE COUNTY MASSACRE, ARE GUILTY. >> A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE. BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG ROAD TO GO. JATARA: HOW LOVED ONES OF EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE RHODEN FAMILY DESCRIBE A TASTE OF JUSTICE. SIX AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THEIR LOVED ONES WERE EXECUTED, THE FIRST TRIAL IS OVER. FAMILY MEMBERS HEARD GUILTY, FOR ALL EIGHT MURDERS. >> WE ARE GLAD THAT IT DID COME BACK, BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE, GEORGE WAGNER IS HUMAN. THEY JUST DIDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T SHOW IT ON THAT NIGHT. JATARA: TONY RHODEN SR., APPEARING CALM AND GRACIOUS TOWARDS NOW CONVICTED MURDERER GEORGE WAGNER. >> THERE IS A JUDGE AND JURY ON THIS EARTH, BUT THERE IS A GOD. YOU GOT TO BELIEVE IN SOMEBODY. JATARA: THIS FAMILY, LEANING ON EACH OTHER DURING A NEARLY 3 MONTH LONG TRIAL AND ON THE INVESTIGATORS AND PROSECUTORS WHO POURED YEARS OF TIME INTO SOLVING THE COMPLEX CASE. >> I KNOW THE VERDICT DOES NOT BRING YOUR LOVED ONES BACK. I KNOW THAT. BUT I DO HOPE IT GIVES YOU SOME SEMBLANCE OF PEACE. JATARA: THE PROSECUTION TEAM, THANKING THE FAMILY FOR TRUSTING THEM, BELIEVING THIS DAY WOULD COME. >> GOOD WON TODAY AND EVIL LOST. JATARA: SOME OF THE INVESTIGATORS WHO COMBED THROUGH THE GRUESOME CRIME SCENES AND SPENT YEARS CHASING LEADS HAVE NEW TITLES OR HAVE EVEN RETIRED. BUT NONE EVER STOPPED THINKING ABOUT THIS CASE. >> WE COME THROUGH IT. WE GOT ONE MORE TO GO. AND HE바카라 게임 웹사이트S NEXT. AND WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE GOING TO WIN THAT ONE, TOO. JATARA: FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS STILL HERE, THEY SAY, AND THE 8 WHO AREN바카라 게임 웹사이트T. >> ONE THING THAT WE DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T TAKE FOR GRANTED ANYMORE IS WE LOVE THE ONES WE GOT AND NEVER LET GO. >> WHAT GIVES YOU HOPE RIGHT NOW? >> WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE ONE STEP CLOSER
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'Little bit of peace': Family members of victims in Pike County massacre speak after guilty verdict
The family members of the victims in the Pike County massacre are speaking out after George Wagner IV was found guilty on all counts including aggravated murder in the killings of members of the Rhoden family. "I would like to thank the citizens of Pike County, I would like to thank the citizens of Ohio for bearing this burden that should have never happened to this family in southern Ohio," Tony Rhoden said.When asked about George Wagner IV, Tony Rhoden said, "I feel sorry for him, because he is human."(Watch the full press conference in the video player below.)When asked how they feel moving forward, Tony Rhoden said, "a little bit of peace, we still have a long road to go, we will get there, because we are family."After more than two and a half months of testimony, the jury took less than eight hours to come to a verdict Wednesday evening. Wagner has been found guilty of all charges including eight counts of aggravated murder. Last week, the judge agreed to remove the death penalty in the case.Prosecutors spent the last two-and-a-half months trying to prove Wagner is guilty of participating in the murder of eight members of the Rhoden family in April 2016.

The family members of the victims in the Pike County massacre are speaking out after George Wagner IV was found guilty on all counts including aggravated murder in the killings of members of the Rhoden family.

"I would like to thank the citizens of Pike County, I would like to thank the citizens of Ohio for bearing this burden that should have never happened to this family in southern Ohio," Tony Rhoden said.

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When asked about George Wagner IV, Tony Rhoden said, "I feel sorry for him, because he is human."

(Watch the full press conference in the video player below.)

When asked how they feel moving forward, Tony Rhoden said, "a little bit of peace, we still have a long road to go, we will get there, because we are family."

After more than two and a half months of testimony, the jury took less than eight hours to come to a verdict Wednesday evening.

Wagner has been found guilty of all charges including eight counts of aggravated murder.

Last week, the judge agreed to remove the death penalty in the case.

Prosecutors spent the last two-and-a-half months trying to prove Wagner is guilty of participating in the murder of eight members of the Rhoden family in April 2016.